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1. That same day King Ahasuerus awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. Mordecai entered the king's presence because Esther had revealed her relationship to Mordecai.
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1. On that H1931 day H3117 did the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 give H5414 H853 the house H1004 of Haman H2001 the Jews H3064 ' enemy H6887 unto Esther H635 the queen H4436 . And Mordecai H4782 came H935 before H6440 the king H4428 ; for H3588 Esther H635 had told H5046 what H4100 he H1931 was unto her.
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2. The king removed his signet ring he had recovered from Haman and gave it to Mordecai, and Esther put him in charge of Haman's estate.
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2. And the king H4428 took off H5493 H853 his ring H2885 , which H834 he had taken H5674 from Haman H4480 H2001 , and gave H5414 it unto Mordecai H4782 . And Esther H635 set H7760 H853 Mordecai H4782 over H5921 the house H1004 of Haman H2001 .
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3. Then Esther addressed the king again. She fell at his feet, wept, and begged him to revoke the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his plot he had devised against the Jews.
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3. And Esther H635 spoke H1696 yet again H3254 before H6440 the king H4428 , and fell down H5307 at H6440 his feet H7272 , and besought H2603 him with tears H1058 to put away H5674 H853 the mischief H7451 of Haman H2001 the Agagite H91 , and his device H4284 that H834 he had devised H2803 against H5921 the Jews H3064 .
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4. The king extended the golden scepter toward Esther, so she got up and stood before the king.
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4. Then the king H4428 held out H3447 H853 the golden H2091 scepter H8275 toward Esther H635 . So Esther H635 arose H6965 , and stood H5975 before H6440 the king H4428 ,
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5. She said, "If it pleases the king, and I have found approval before him, if the matter seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, let a royal edict be written. Let it revoke the documents the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews who reside in all the king's provinces.
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5. And said H559 , If H518 it please H2895 H5921 the king H4428 , and if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in his sight H6440 , and the thing H1697 seem right H3787 before H6440 the king H4428 , and I H589 be pleasing H2895 in his eyes H5869 , let it be written H3789 to reverse H7725 H853 the letters H5612 devised H4284 by Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91 , which H834 he wrote H3789 to destroy H6 H853 the Jews H3064 which H834 are in all H3605 the king H4428 's provinces H4082 :
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6. For how could I bear to see the evil that would come on my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives?"
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6. For H3588 how H349 can I endure H3201 to see H7200 the evil H7451 that H834 shall come unto H4672 H853 my people H5971 ? or how H349 can I endure H3201 to see H7200 the destruction H13 of my kindred H4138 ?
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7. King Ahasuerus said to Esther the Queen and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I have given Haman's estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.
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7. Then the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 said H559 unto Esther H635 the queen H4436 and to Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 , Behold H2009 , I have given H5414 Esther H635 the house H1004 of Haman H2001 , and him they have hanged H8518 upon H5921 the gallows H6086 , because H5921 H834 he laid H7971 his hand H3027 upon the Jews H3064 .
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8. You may write in the king's name whatever pleases you concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. A document written in the king's name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked."
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8. Write H3789 ye H859 also for H5921 the Jews H3064 , as it liketh H2896 H5869 you , in the king H4428 's name H8034 , and seal H2856 it with the king H4428 's ring H2885 : for H3588 the writing H3791 which H834 is written H3789 in the king H4428 's name H8034 , and sealed H2856 with the king H4428 's ring H2885 , may no H369 man reverse H7725 .
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9. On the twenty-third day of the third month (that is, the month Sivan), the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai ordered for the Jews, to the satraps, the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush. The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
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9. Then were the king H4428 's scribes H5608 called H7121 at that H1931 time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 , that H1931 is , the month H2320 Sivan H5510 , on the three H7969 and twentieth H6242 day thereof ; and it was written H3789 according to all H3605 that H834 Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 unto H413 the Jews H3064 , and to H413 the lieutenants H323 , and the deputies H6346 and rulers H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 are from India H4480 H1912 unto H5704 Ethiopia H3568 , a hundred H3967 twenty H6242 and seven H7651 provinces H4082 , unto every province H4082 H4082 according to the writing H3791 thereof , and unto every people H5971 H5971 after their language H3956 , and to H413 the Jews H3064 according to their writing H3791 , and according to their language H3956 .
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10. Mordecai wrote in King Ahasuerus' name and sealed the edicts with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses bred from the royal racing mares.
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10. And he wrote H3789 in the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 ' name H8034 , and sealed H2856 it with the king H4428 's ring H2885 , and sent H7971 letters H5612 by H3027 posts H7323 on horseback H5483 , and riders H7392 on mules H7409 , camels H327 , and young H1121 dromedaries H7424 :
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11. The king's edict gave the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate every ethnic and provincial army hostile to them, including women and children, and to take their possessions as spoils of war.
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11. Wherein H834 the king H4428 granted H5414 the Jews H3064 which H834 were in every H3605 city H5892 H5892 to gather themselves together H6950 , and to stand H5975 for H5921 their life H5315 , to destroy H8045 , to slay H2026 , and to cause to perish H6 , H853 all H3605 the power H2428 of the people H5971 and province H4082 that would assault H6696 them, both little ones H2945 and women H802 , and to take the spoil H7998 of them for a prey H962 ,
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12. This would take place on a single day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.
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12. Upon one H259 day H3117 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 , namely , upon the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 , which H1931 is the month H2320 Adar H143 .
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13. A copy of the document was to be issued as law in every province. It was to be published for every ethnic group so the Jews could be ready to avenge themselves against their enemies on that day.
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13. The copy H6572 of the writing H3791 for a commandment H1881 to be given H5414 in every H3605 province H4082 H4082 was published H1540 unto all H3605 people H5971 , and that the Jews H3064 should be H1961 ready H6264 against that H2088 day H3117 to avenge themselves H5358 on their enemies H4480 H341 .
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14. On their royal horses, the couriers rode out in haste, at the king's urgent command. The law was also issued in the fortress of Susa.
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14. So the posts H7323 that rode upon H7392 mules H7409 and camels H327 went out H3318 , being hastened H926 and pressed on H1765 by the king H4428 's commandment H1697 . And the decree H1881 was given H5414 at Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 .
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15. Mordecai went out from the king's presence clothed in royal purple and white, with a great golden crown and a purple robe of fine linen. The city of Susa shouted and rejoiced,
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15. And Mordecai H4782 went out H3318 from the presence H4480 H6440 of the king H4428 in royal H4438 apparel H3830 of blue H8504 and white H2353 , and with a great H1419 crown H5850 of gold H2091 , and with a garment H8509 of fine linen H948 and purple H713 : and the city H5892 of Shushan H7800 rejoiced H6670 and was glad H8055 .
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16. and the Jews celebrated with gladness, joy and honor.
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16. The Jews H3064 had H1961 light H219 , and gladness H8057 , and joy H8342 , and honor H3366 .
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17. In every province and every city, wherever the king's command and his law reached, rejoicing and jubilation took place among the Jews. There was a celebration and a holiday.And, many of the ethnic groups of the land professed themselves to be Jews because fear of the Jews had overcome them.
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17. And in every H3605 province H4082 H4082 , and in every H3605 city H5892 H5892 , whithersoever H4725 H834 the king H4428 's commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 came H5060 , the Jews H3064 had joy H8057 and gladness H8342 , a feast H4960 and a good H2896 day H3117 . And many H7227 of the people H4480 H5971 of the land H776 became Jews H3054 ; for H3588 the fear H6343 of the Jews H3064 fell H5307 upon H5921 them.
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